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Brian Dolan is an associate engineer with expertise in aerospace science and engineering, measurement and sensing technologies, quantitative data analysis, science and technology policy, and system modeling. His research at RAND encompasses numerous aspects of national and homeland security as well as disaster recovery. Recent work has studied topics such as cruise missile defense, export policy pertaining to WMD delivery systems, conceptual design for remote sensing installations, costs of Puerto Rico disaster recovery, and the modernization of the Air Force nuclear enterprise.

Prior to joining RAND in 2017, Dolan held a temporary research position at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, where he delivered technical analysis on policy challenges including anthropogenic methane emissions and safety regulation in commercial human spaceflight to The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and other sponsors in the Federal Government. In 2016, he earned his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, where he led multiple research and development programs that improved the performance, and our understanding of, advanced aerospace propulsion systems.

Publications

RAND Corporation researchers assessed the impact that certain remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) governed by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) have on U.S. national security interests. In this report, they document their findings.

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